Weather: At 2:20 PM it was 19C (67F) with the wind from the north at 13 km/hr. There has been light rain on the riders and there is a potential for thunderstorms between 2:30 PM and 4:00 PM

The Route: From Radda to Greve in Chianti , This individual time trial is very wavy and winding: undulating and slightly uphill all the way to Castellina in Chianti, undulating and mainly downhill up to Madonna di Pietracupa. Here, the roadway narrows for about 4 km. Next on the route are two climbs; the second one is steeper and leads to Panzano in Chianti.

Here begins the final descent leading into the finish. The final kilometres run downhill all the way up to 2 km from the finish line, along wide and mainly straight roads, just bending slightly at points. 300 m from the finish there is a final bend, nearly a U-shaped curved, leading into the old town centre and to the finish. The home straight is 180 m long, on 6-m wide, flat asphalt road.

Gianluca Brambilla (Etixx – Quick-Step) retained the race leader and Maglia Rosa by a margin of only 1″ over his team-mate Bob Jungels (Etixx – Quick-Step), with Andrey Amador (Movistar Team) at 32″.

Seconds after the stage finish, stage winner Roglic said: “After approximately ten kilometres, I lost my computer and my bottle. I indicated to my sport director to pick my computer but I’m not sure if he understood what I was telling him. I also lost motivation and I decided to take it easy. But I was feeling fantastic uphill so I just pushed and pushed for the fun of it. I was really slow and unlucky at the beginning but very fast and lucky at the end because I only felt a drop or two while the riders after me got the pouring rain. This is strange, very strange”.

The Maglia Rosa, Gianluca Brambilla, said: “Yesterday I expended a lot of of energy in the breakaway. I attacked and I went full gas all day. It was the same today: alone again, full gas again and nothing to lose. Everything went well. I kept the Maglia Rosa. Until now everything has gone well in the Giro. It’s an amazing feeling”.

Stage winner Primoz Roglic's LottoNL-Jumbo team sent me this:

Primoz Roglic, riding in his first grand tour, gave LottoNL-Jumbo a stage win today in the Giro d’Italia’s Chianti time trial. The Slovenian went 10 seconds faster than Matthias Brändle (IAM Cycling) over 40.5 kilometres. Team leader Steven Kruijswijk, went just as well, holding his ground to the other overall favourites. He finished 21st and is placed fourth overall, with Gianluca Brambilla (Etixx - Quick Step) in the pink jersey.

Roglic, who finished just 1/100 of a second behind the winner in the opening time trial in Apeldoorn, could not be stopped today. “Awesome,” the Slovenian said. “This victory still comes as a surprise for me, but I was more self-confident after that first stage. I felt strong and knew that I would have a chance if I was able to give everything.

“The Bianchi Aquila time trial bike is obviously very fast and I enjoy riding on it. Besides that, a time trial is a fight against yourself, you have to control yourself. That comes quite close to ski jumping. That didn’t mean that I immediately knew that time trials suited me, but it seems to be so.”

“Roglic has a lot of power,” Sports Director Jan Boven added. “We did some tests with him, as well. Besides that, the Bianchi Aquila is a very quick bike. Mathieu Heijboer is paying a lot of attention to the riders’ warm-up, Primoz profited well from that. He made the difference in the second part of today’s time trial. He delivered some steady and quick descents and was very strong on the final climb. During the last descent, he won another eight seconds on his main competitors.”

Behind Roglic, Jos van Emden, Maarten Tjallingii, Martijn Keizer and Steven Kruijswijk finished eighth, ninth, 16th and 21st, respectively. “This is great,” Boven continued. “These are the most beautiful days for a sports director. Steven’s 21st place is very good. He’s still in a very good position and won seconds on the most of his competitors. This day went perfect for us. We’re only the fifth team to win a stage in this Giro and we still finished every day in the top 10.”

On Monday, the riders have a day of rest, but the Giro d’Italia will continue with a tough stage on Tuesday. “We’re going to enjoy a small drink for this victory tonight, but we’re not going to party,” Boven said. “We have a rest day tomorrow, but it’s going to be tough on Tuesday. The favourites don’t have much difference between them so we have to stay focussed.”